Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include novel teasers of things to come. This volume includes:The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas by Nathan LowellAgent Heathcliff Durham finds himself crisscrossing Africa, looking for an Amulet that could spell disaster for any who come near it. Battling blistering heat, starvation, wild animals...

The best short science fiction and fantasy published by authors from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018, collected together for the first time.This inaugural edition of the Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy brings together the very best short speculative fiction published by Kiwi authors in 2018.Explore worlds of hope and wonder, and worlds where hope and wonder are luxuries we wasted long ago; histories given new life, and futures you mi...

Time to Read: about 75 to 90 minutesArmed with only three bullets, an old map, and a score to settle, Bonnie Murtaugh may be in the Splintered Man's territory, but she won't let anything come between her and vengeance.Lost Colony is a quarterly magazine of mid-length (10,000 to 25,000 words) science fiction and fantasy in all of their varieties. This ebook edition also includes an Editor's Note in which the editor explains why this story was chosen for publ...

A house at the edge of a prehistoric valley.A suitcase that can take you to 1980.A payphone that lets you call the dead.Twenty tales from award-winning author Grant Stone, including six all-new stories.From a trip to the supermarket to the edge of everything. From Auckland to London to places far beyond any map. The sun may set before we reach our destination. But don't worry.Everything is going to be fine.

Here, between the realms of the Sky Father and Earth Mother, hellhounds race, ghosts drift aimless, and the taniwha stalks. Home fires drive them back, at the same time sparking stories and poems that traverse seconds, eons, and parsecs. Tales of gatekeepers, cloak wearers, and secret keepers. Of pigs with AK-47s or ruby-hued eyes, of love-struck moa, and unruly reflections. Stark truths, and beautiful possibilities…* WINNER * Sir Julius Vogel Award 2019 (SFFANZ) for Best C...

What could George have possibly done – something so disastrous that Miss Spring refused to have the matter even mentioned in her storyline? How will Senor Summer respond to Sister Spring's plot manipulation, and how will he navigate the devastating twist of circumstances?Book Three – Everything Zing: Summer holds those answers and so much more!The June, July, and August rooms in the Hourglass Inn are all due to open. What will their interiors reveal, plus, who will be named...

The fourth and final segment of the "Everything Zing" series.The Imagine Nation's Greatest Battle...Two Brothers. One Rules. One Falls.

Book Two in the "Everything Zing" series. Miss Spring takes Zing's throne. The Capital City's drama explodes.What proposal did Father Time make to George and Leap at the conclusion of the Calendar Court…and following his Leap Year gone wrong, what, or maybe who, is Phileap most fearful of facing on the first day of Spring?Discover the wonderful effects of swallowing a twitterflea…and the other secrets and special effects Miss Spring has lined up for her unforgettable openin...

Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil any variety of dangerous conspiracies. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found.Then murder and mayhem are put onto the menu for an important dinner party at the A...

Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries.Evil androids running amok, birds of all kinds and from all places creating havoc, a Senator trapped in an ever-tightening web of intrigue, and escalating international tensions ...

A new set of conspiracies, old enemies, and a dangerous new drug being tested on unwilling subjects are more than enough to deal with, but new parents Jeff and Kitty Martini have an even bigger problem – the bad guys want their newborn baby.Jeff and Kitty are happily expecting their first child. Having children is normal, but inter-species deliveries are not. After almost losing Kitty in childbirth, the last thing anyone needs is the discovery of a conspiracy to ki...

The fearless Verity Fitzroy and her loyal Ministry Seven face their greatest challenge yet.After their Anatolia mission, they're in turmoil and discover that Liam is alive but imprisoned by the Illuminati.Determined to rescue him, Verity rallies her friends and embarks on a journey to Edinburgh. The city is abuzz with the excitement of a grand scientific exhibition, drawing brilliant minds from all corners of the globe to the ancient castle. Among the attendees is a delegat...